“So here are these two countries in the Caribbean, both pursuing a similar study, both benefitting from CDC funding, and both having the opportunity to really reflect on the commonalities and the differences in our experiences. So I think this was very, very powerful. There was not one person giving here at all, but we were all giving and taking and learning and moving.” – Tracie Rogers, NASTAD Study Lead in Trinidad and Tobago Continue reading →

This critical issue has not gone unnoticed in Ethiopia, where approximately 380,000 women over the age of 15 are living with HIV (the total population of Ethiopia is over 90 million). In 2009, we at NASTAD Ethiopia began working with the Federal HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (HAPCO) to identify ways to support this at-risk population. Knowing that our membership of U.S. state AIDS directors had significant experience in delivery to scale of proven effective behavioral interventions targeting high risk populations through the CDC Diffused Evidence Based Interventions (DEBIs), we leveraged their skills and training expertise to modify and adapt selected DEBIs for implementation in Ethiopia. Continue reading →